HBA-CMT H.B. 940 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 940
By: Haggerty
Public Safety
7/19/2001
Enrolled



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Instances have occurred in which individuals posing as a security officer
have gained access to businesses or approached individuals with the intent
of robbing the business or committing a crime against the individual.  In
order to work as a security officer in Texas, individuals must be licensed,
pass the criminal background check, meet the training requirements, and
maintain liability insurance.  House Bill 940 makes the impersonation of a
security officer a Class A misdemeanor. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 940 amends the Occupations Code to provide that a person commits
a Class A misdemeanor if the person impersonates a commissioned or
noncommissioned security officer with the intent to induce another to
submit to the person's pretended authority or to rely on the person's
pretended acts of a security officer, or if the person knowingly purports
to exercise any function that requires registration as a noncommissioned
security officer or a security officer commission. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.